FMS325 Fabulous 50

Happy Saturday, peeps!  My card today is for a special friend who has a big day coming up...and the FMS sketch was perfect for it!

I used some Bubbles and Fizz DSP from the current SAB promotion, along with some candles from the Picture Perfect Birthday set:

The colors are so fun and bright in this DSP, it's perfect for a special birthday!  I diecut a star and added a few circular elements and some Little Numbers; Bermuda Bay glimmer paper really adds some sparkle!

 

The sentiments and elements in this set are easy to layer and put together...here's the inside!

Can't wait to get this in the mail!

And here's a pretty little card I received from one of my customers this week; she made a mask and used chalks to color in the background colors, which represent the water, the land and the sky!  Cool!

I might have to try this technique myself!  Thanks for visiting today and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Picture Perfect Birthday, Fabulous Phrases (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Daffodil Delilght, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay,  Bermuda Bay Glimmer (ret), Bubbles & Fizz DSP
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Star Nestabilities, Layering Circles Framelits, Little Numbers Thinlets (ret), Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Paper Players 287 CAS Easter Wishes

Hi everyone!  It's Palm Sunday, the first day of spring, AND time for another Paper Players challenge!  Jaydee is our hostess today---AND it's her birthday, so be sure to hop by her blog and give her some cyber hugs & wishes!  She's got a lovely clean and simple challenge for us today!

 I have been having a great time dusting off some older stamps and giving them some love!  This is a set from SU dated 1996!!  I got it at a yard sale and since I don't have catalogs that go back that far, I don't know what the name of it is!  But the little country images are so sweet, I thought they would be perfect for a springy Easter-y card!

I stamped each image in Basic Black, colored them with markers, punched them out and layered them on stitched circles in Pear Pizzazz, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride and Daffodil Delight.  I outlined each image with a little bit of Sahara Sand too, just to make them stand out a bit!  The sentiment is a combination of SU's Fabulous Phrases (wishes) and Technique Tuesday's Organized & Inspired (Easter).  I added some SU gingham ribbon and mounted the panel on an embossed card front.

I am also entering this in the RetroRubber (cuz this stamp set is definitely retro!) Easter challenge!

I hope you'll play along with our clean and simple challenge this week!  Check out what the designers created as well:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

 Cassidy lined up a whole slew of her dolls "by age", starting with the one-year-old on the top left and ending with the ten-year-old on the bottom right...I know, there is no rhyme or reason to the size!  And since there are eleven dolls, the two-year-olds are twins!!!

Enjoy your day!

Paper Players 275

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today I am the hostess at the Paper Players with a traditional color challenge for you to play with:

This is also our last challenge for the year...but we'll be back in January with more challenges and new guest designers!  So here is my card for the challenge, using Cozy Christmas, the Sleigh Ride edgelits, and the Boughs and Berries embossing folder:

I started out by embossing a Cherry Cobbler card with the embossing folder; then I stamped both images in Mossy Meadow, and stamped them again in Cherry Cobbler and  did some fussy-cutting of the flowers and the bells:

Since I was using the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary, I also diecut some trees with the Sleigh Ride edgelits and added a little "to you" from Fabulous Phrases:

And here's their sketch;

My final embellishments were some enamel dots and a big Cherry Cobbler shabby seam binding bow!  

I hope you'll find some time in your busy schedule to play along with our challenge this week!  You can check out all the other designers' samples (and say good-bye to our current guest designers) at the Paper Players blog!

I had a serious helper assisting me with my Christmas card addressing this year!  She did very well adhering the postage stamps and address labels!  (She loved the Charlie Brown ones!)  So if you get a card in the mail from me, know that Cassidy put her own "stamp of approval" on it!

FMS144

Happy Thursday, peeps!  My sister asked me to make her a wedding card for my niece, and her colors are pink and gold, so I pulled out some beautiful Graphic 45 paper I just got, and used it with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for this week, created by Karren:

I struggled with this card; I think I should have left the gold panel plain instead of adding the gold embossing, but I hope she likes it anyway!!!

I did a little stamping on the Pink Pirouette card base with Versamark and the swirl from Everything Eleanor; the gold embossed floral is a SAB set from last year, Fresh Vintage, stamped on Brushed Gold cardstock; the embossed sentiment is from the retired set Fabulous Phrases, punched out with the jewelry tag punch:

I added a little SU button and some pink baker’s twine for a little bit of whimsy!  Thanks for visiting!

We picked almost 40 pounds of blueberries in the last three days from our very generous neighbor’s farm.  Cassidy was totally enthralled by the trays of frozen berries:

John and I have a system for washing and drying them; he built a huge wooden tray with mesh on the bottom; he washes them with the hose, then dries them with the air hose from his shop!  I put freezer paper on cookie sheets, lay them out in a single layer with little blocks of wood in each corner and stack them up in the freezer.  Once they’re frozen, we roll up the paper and pour the berries in freezer bags!  Cassidy also thought the little wooden blocks were fun to play with….honestly, these kept her busy the whole entire time I was working in the kitchen:

Of course, she ate (and played with) a few of the frozen berries along the way!!  If you have any questions about my card, shoot me an email!

Paper Players 195

Happy Mother’s Day everyone!  I hope you are having a lovely weekend so far!  Sandy is our hostess today with this captivating color challenge for us:

I love this photo but I have to admit that interpreting it into a card was a challenge for me!  I started to go for a nature theme, but I dragged out Decorate A Daisy, which to me, never had a chance to bloom properly as SU retired it after only one year!!  So I stamped it in So Saffron and Calypso Coral, then added some retired DPs and created my card:

I also used sketch #19 from a new-to-me challenge site, Match The Sketch; it’s in German, but they translate for you!  Here’s the sketch:

My final addition was a little banner with the word “friend” from Fabulous Phrases and a little ladybug from the retired Itty Bitties:

I punched it with the Banner punch that is being carried over from the SAB catalog!  Yippee!  Now check out what the other designers have created with these colors, and be sure to play along with us too!

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Jaydee
• Nance
• Sandy

More tormenting of poor Grampy:

Enjoy your day!

Paper Players 193

 

Hi everyone!  It’s Sunday, and time for another Paper Players challenge!  Anne Marie has created a lovely sketch….I just love this!  What do you think?

I pulled out one of my favorite sets that is sadly retiring, Creative Elements, to create my card today:

    

I used the color palette from Color Throwdown 289:

I wasn’t too sure about them at first, but in the end, I thought the combination was pretty!  I began by wheeling the Blushing Bride background with the Shop Around jumbo wheel (also retiring) and mounting it on a Very Vanilla card.  The left panel was stamped with a couple of the elements from the set in Perfect Plum; then I stamped the flower once on a circular panel,  stamped it twice again on scraps, cutting them out and sponging them for some dimension:

  

I also stamped on the Wild Wasabi DP:

and added a little banner with the “hi” from Fabulous Phrases and Crochet Trim (yep, both retiring). 

I hope you’ll stop by to see all the other designers’ creations; you can check them out at the Paper Players blog or here:

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Jaydee
• Nance
• Sandy

And we hope you’ll play along too and share your fabulous creation with us!!  Oh, and BY THE WAY---one of our very own had a special birthday yesterday---ANN!  Stop by her blog and wish her some birthday wishes!!!

Don’t you wish your vehicle had a wee holder for dandelions?

Enjoy your day!

The Kraft Journal 166

Hmmmm…..anyone know where my mojo has gone?  I am feeling quite “dry” creatively, not sure what it is going on!  I did a little reorganizing/cleanup in my craft room yesterday in the hopes that a cleaner area would rejuvenate me (didn’t happen) but I did find this stamp that my friend Martha gave me, and I realized I had never inked it up.  This week The Kraft Journal has a Paris/France theme challenge and I really wanted to play, (the design team has some beautiful samples) but I didn’t want to do the traditional Eiffel tower thing, and I wasn’t sure what else to do.  When I found my stamp, I thought it would be fun to use; apparently Le Chanticleer means “rooster” in French, so here we go:

This looks better IRL, but I think the darker colors don’t feel appropriate for “spring stamping”, LOL!  I stamped the image once on Crumb Cake and again on watercolor paper, then colored the image the way the stamp decal showed it, adding some shading in the background.  I overstamped the Crumb Cake with some other French-style images, added a shabby bow and burlap banner, and finally a simple “friend” until I figure out how I will use this card!!!  Next card will definitely be made with more springy colors!!!

Yesterday was finally a wee bit warmer, although still a bit windy, but nice enough to take a ride on the Barbie car!

I love this shot….it looks like she is speeding along, but the wind was just whipping her hair around!!

Enjoy your day!  Email me if you have questions about my card today!